Syria; 'Middle East will burn if we're attacked'

Bashar al-Assad is threatening a scorched earth policy in the event that Syria is attacked.


Amid reports of
American preparations for a military operation in Syria, the war-torn
country's information minister warned Saturday that that attacking his
country would have dangerous consequences. "A mass of flames will ignite
the Middle East,"
Omran al-Zoubi said in a television interview,